Fishing-rod.



T. I'. Y111mm.

FISHING BOD. nrm'un'lon funi) un. 12, 1910.

Patented Aug, 16, 1910.

mi mm, me.. mumnnlncm. n. t.

THOMAS r. JUDGE, or New Yoaicn. Y.

FISHING-non.

Specification ofi Letters atent.

patented am.' 1c, 1,910.

Appnauon filed April 12, 1910. serial nel 554,915.

To` all whom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known' that I, THOMAS F. Junon, a

. eitizen'of thej UI1ited States of America, and

residing at New-York, in the county of New` York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Rods, of which the following isa specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine'.

This invention relates totishing rods, particularly to that class designed for casting, and the object Ythereof is to provide novel 'means whereby a longer cast may be made than. with such' rods as heretofore constructed. Y

A further object is to accomplish thisresult and at the same time lighten the butt ot the rod; and a still further object is to pro-- vide such rods which are simple in construction andv use, which are Well adapted to the purposes for which they are intended, and which are comparatively inexpensive.

My invention is fully described in the tollowing specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by 'the samer. reference charactersin each of the views, and in Whichz y Figure l is a view of the butt of a fishing rod, constructed according to my invention; and'Fig. 2 is a view of a iishing rod so constructed. at-the moment of making a cast.

In the drawings forming a part otthis application I have shown a fishing rod co1nprising the usual sections or joints a, a2, and a3, any number of which may be provided, said joints being connected by means of the usual ferrules a* anda'.5 andthe tip thereof being provided with the usual ring lead a, a plurality of leads a7 being also provided at suitable points.

The joint a, or as it is generally termed,

, the butt, is provided with a Vgrip b and with,

a sleeve b2 serving also as a grip` said sleeve being provided With an enlarged portion L and with a ring b4 which together serve to secure the -reel if in position, said reel having the line b Wound thereon whence it passes through the leads a and a7 and is provided- With the sinker b? and fly bs or'other suitable and desirable forms of tackle.

As shown in. the drawings, the section c between the grips L and b2 is reduced in diameter at a point c2 approximately in the 'the rod is gripped by the 'i center thereoi, this being for an object here inatter explained` and serving also to lighten the butt (t, but this is not anessential part of my invention as the saine diameter may prevail tliroughout the portion fif desired.

My invention consists primarily in reducing the diameter of the part (l, beteren-the grip b2 and the fel-rule a", as shown :it IP,

in the manner described with reference to fthe part. c, this reduction being d greater, prvte erably than that ot the p'art f, and 'being designed to permitan added or increased elasticity, or spring, to the part (I as indicatediin dotted lines at. 13 and (Zt, the former being the sprung and the latter the normal positions ot' the said part ot the rod.` A

In practice, as will be readily understood, hands at Yfand land drawn backwardly tor the cast, a por tion of the line L extending beyond the tip a, after which' the grip ,7.) drawn back sharply and the grip forceil forwardly quickly and forcibly, thus tending to curve the outer joints in the ratio ofY their diameters and material, and also 4curving the part d as indicated, the degree 4of curvature shown being excessive for the sake of clearness in description and, when the cast is made, this curvature assists therein by the rapid recovery to the normal position of the part cl and a longer cast is thereby the result. In rods with rigid butts the only spring is in the slender, tapering, parts thereof, and

lincreasing naturally toward the tip and,

therefore, the arc described by the said tip in making lthe cast is relatively small and of small radius and the recovery is slow for the reason that the spring and recovery eX tends over a great lengt-h of the rod and is, therefore, progressive from/the thicker to more slender dia-meters, or in other Words, from the longer to the shorter radii of the arc of the curve described by the tip. lVith my improvement, however, a new center is formed at the part l ot which the radins is very long and a greater are of tip movement results in the beginning-'ot a cast and a recovery of a rapidity in the ratio of the diameter and material of the part c and a much longer cast is possible than with ordinary rods,-

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vhands of desired, for the p' `poseiof lightening the rod, andof, ermittin also a slight spring -to assist in t e cast, a though I believe the recovery from a sprung position of this part is too slow to be of material advantage in making a castv for the reason that it occurs between'the hands of the caster, generally rmly ipped.V

' It w' l be evident that'I do noti limit myself to any specific diameters or lengths of the reduced ,part d2,' .nor to any 'speiiic woods orxother material but,

Having fully described my invention,

what I do claim asnew and desire to 'secure by Letters hing rod having two'ripsv for the a user, one adjacent t e limer end thereof and the other intermediate of the ends, and being provided with a`reduced portion adjacent to the latter grip .but be-l grip intermediate the ends, and beingprogrip to sup for thev vided with a reduced portion adjacent the latter grip, between the same and the outer butt .end to supplement the normal spring.

` l4. In a fishlng rod, a butt provided with a hand grip at the inner end and a supplemental grip intermediate the ends, and having a reel seat at the latter grip, and being provided with a reduced portion adjacent said reel seat, between the same and the outer buttend, to supplement the normal rod spring.v

5. `In a fishing rod, a butt provided with a hand grip at the inner end and a su plemental gri n intermediate the ends, an being-reduce in diameter, abnormally, adjacent to and on each side of said intermediate lement the normal rod spring.

6. In a Shing rod, a butt provided with a hand grip at the inner end and a supplemental grip intermediate the ends, and being' reduced in diameter, to and on each side grip. to supplement and means at holding a reel. In 'testimony that I claimthe foregoing as ymy invention I lhave signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 7th day of April 1910.

, THOMAS F. JUDGE. Witnesses: y

GEORGE F. BENTLEY, J. C. LAusnN.`

abnormally, adjacent of said supplemental the normal rod s ring, said supplemental grip for 

